So Far, Anyway

Surprised you to find that I'm laughing?You thought that you'd find me in tears You thought I'd be crawling the walls Like a tiny mosquito and trembling in fear

While you were looking the other way While you had your eyes closed While you were licking your lips 'Cause I was miserableWhile you were selling your soulWhile you were tearing a hole in me

- "Control"; Poe

His seventh year.

Harry has lost faith in many things, not least of all the people around him. He is growing to believe that he must precipitate the fight against Voldemort if it is to happen and that the prophecy will, indeed, end in one of their deaths.

Personality: He was raised in a cupboard and because of that, he doesn’t always know how to deal with people. His sense of right and wrong has always been defined by the people he has idolized, some of them with their own reasons for wanting him to act one way or another. Now all he has is himself. And so he’s struggling - to find direction, to fight the past and find the future. He's an angry person, done with the pretense of being the good boy in the school, and angry enough to take it out on others. He's a danger to others, and possibly to himself.

Bloodline: Halfblood. His father was a pureblood; his mother was Muggleborn.

Background / Family History: Harry's parents were killed during Voldemort's first rise, but Harry survived, instead rendering Voldemort nearly dead. At Dumbledore's instigation, Harry was raised by his Muggle relatives, who were instructed to make sure that Harry grew up hard, partly to forge him into the weapon that Dumbledore wanted for the second war and partly to ensure that he turned to the magical world over the Muggle one. Dumbledore's plan backfired when Harry found out he was manipulating the war for his own ends, and killed the only mentor he'd known.

Strengths and weaknesses: Strengths: Enormous native magic, protected by prophecy, can be affectionate, particular to those either weaker and in need of his strength or who are able to give him what he needs, ability to fight to the end if needed, Quidditch seeker skillset, desire to protect people.

Weaknesses: Potential that his magic is not all his own, extreme anger/rage, homicidal tendencies, extreme dislike of being treated as the saviour of the world, very much a user/manipulator, unwilling to share emotionally with anyone capable of reciprocating, sense of being put upon, sense of need to destroy what has harmed him, which could be Voldemort or the wizarding world or the Dursleys.

The picture used for my icons is of Nick Stahl. I am not him, nor do I claim to be him.This character has been created for the Carnivorous Wardrobe RPG, a roleplaying game set during Harry's seventh year in school. I am not Harry Potter nor do I represent those characters. The books are the property of JK Rowling and I am not affliated with her, her publishers or their associates.</i>